follows it. 



When on the cars tor London that day, Prof. Pritchard 

 asked that strange favor of me; he said, "I want to ask a 

 favor of you." I said, anything in my power Professor is 

 granted, what is it? He said, "Promise me when you are 

 surrounded by Veterinary's in England like you were today 

 and have ridgling horses to cut, that you will not get done 

 before you stop, and offer any of them ^"5 to do one." And 

 because of that promise I made the offer all over England, 

 Ireland and Scotland, but never found a man that wanted 

 any money on such terms. But I heard much laughing 

 over it, &c, &c, &c. 



QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 



Q. Why do some colts swell more than others, all cut 

 at the same time and way? 



A. (The serum) or drip cannot get out and the parts 

 fill up with bloody water, for some men cut a four- inch 

 gash well forward on one side and only a two-inch gash 

 well back on the other side; the two-inch cut, far back, will 

 shut first and swell most every time. 



For example, two plain cases: I cut a nice two-year-old 

 colt for Capt. A. Hulse, East Nantucket, N. Y. I made 

 both cuts alike four inches long, well forward; put my 

 chain over both seeds at once; lifted both seeds side by side 

 three inches up with- colt on his back. I had plenty of time 

 and good help. I took both seeds off at once, side by side. 

 Five days later I happened to pass there and saw that colt 

 he was swelled badly on one side and not any at all on the 

 other side. Because the Captain thought as I took both off 

 at once, t took both out of one gash. He was instructed to 

 open that colt twice a day three inches up for five days. He 



